Reports were that the suspect in yesterday's deadly school shooting in Florida has ties to a white nationalist organization, although that has not been confirmed. We talk to Brian Levin, Professor of Criminal Justice and Director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University-San...

A state Assembly panel has voted unanimously for a bill that would close the troubled Lincoln Hills youth prison, even as county governments raised issues with the plan and the chair of the committee conceded it was moving faster than he'd like.

Barron County Sheriff Chris Fitzgerald is pushing school districts to begin testing high school students for drugs like methamphetamine and marijuana. He said the proposal comes in response to a growing number of underage arrests related to methamphetamine use in the county.

Gov. Scott Walker's administration has sent consumer products giant Kimberly-Clark the outline of a tax break deal it hopes will convince the company to not cut more than 600 jobs in northeast Wisconsin.

Noise is making us sick, says Dr. Thomas Münzel, a cardiologist and the lead researcher of a review paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology titled "Environmental Noise and the Cardiovascular System."

The word “ageism” was first coined in 1969… but some say prejudice against older Americans is as common as ever. Those over age 64 are often treated as a burden.... As “dependent” citizens. Our guest says negative behaviors and hate speech against the elderly is not just commonplace… it’s tolerated.

This week, JCPenney Corporation announced the closure of its distribution center in Wauwatosa, which will result in the loss of 670 jobs. Meanwhile, the parent company of Younkers and Boston Store, Bon-Ton Stores, recently shared that it would close 42 businesses due to restructuring. Nine of those are in Wisconsin. We check in on the state of the retail crisis - and its effect on Wisconsin communities - with a marketing professor.

We’re in the midst of Wisconsin’s worst flu season in years, and public health officials are doing everything in their power to stop the spread of the disease. We hear from the director of the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene’s communicable disease division about efforts to track the flu across...

The White House continues to face bipartisan criticism for its handling of Rob Porter, former staff secretary who resigned after allegations of domestic abuse became public. The controversy is making Chief of Staff John Kelly's future look uncertain. We get the latest on that and other top stories, including a...